Joseph W. McGoey, M.D.

Joseph W. McGoey M.D. is a Board certified physician for over 30 years. He has practiced in a large multi-specialty group and in addition established new practice sites. He has also held the position of Medical Director of a million lives, 5 state PPO. Since 2000 has engaged in process improvement in Healthcare in areas such as training, revenue enhancement and a prototype electronic medical record. His clients have spanned from a single physician practice to multi-specialty practices.

As a physician educator he has delivered on-site training in documentation, coding, audit process improvement and forms design. He has extensive experience on compliance issues and has assisted clients in audits by CMS, fiscal intermediaries and local payers. He utilizes a variety of process improvement techniques principally following the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control), Six Sigma process.

In the hospital setting he has worked with Health Information Management and Case Management Departments on the issues of DRG and Case Mix Index (CMI). In these engagements he has implemented Inpatient Documentation tools and CMS rules for Physicians at Teaching Hospitals (PATH). Improvement has been targeted at the linkage between provider documentation, ICD-9, DRG assignment and CMI. Direct financial results on the high end have exceeded 800%. In addition indirect financial improvement is tied to improved patient care, decreased rework, successful audits, improved provider comfort and increased work enjoyment.

He served as staff at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Subsequently he was Medical Director of PPOM Southfield, Michigan. Following PPOM he did private practice, then consulting for EndueNet Inc, Northville MI. where he was Vice President of Product Development. Most recently he has been consulting since 2004.

Dr. McGoey was educated at McMaster University Ontario, Canada in Internal Medicine. He did a Dermatology residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.